Andrew Kravis wins NBC's 'The Million Second Quiz'

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"The Million Second Quiz": Ryan Seacrest, left, with winner Andrew Kravis. (NBC photo by Virginia Sherwood)

$2.6
million first place prize for recent law school grad is largest in game show
history

Andrew
Kravis has won $2.6 million as the winner of NBC's live groundbreaking
interactive game show "The Million Second Quiz," marking the highest grand
prize in game show history.

Kravis
defeated Brandon Saunders in the final trivia round to take home first place.
Kravis, 25 years old and from Farmington Hills, Mich., is a recent Columbia Law
School graduate who is about to begin his career as an attorney. He joined "Winners'
Row" on Sept. 9 and spent more than 250 hours there.

Kravis
had earned $326,346 on his time on "The Million Second Quiz" before receiving
$2 million for winning on Thursday night in the live telecast. He was also
given a bonus to bring the grand total to $2.6 million.

The
previous highest game show money won was $2.52 million.

"This
is all really incredible," said a shocked Kravis after his win. "I want to pay
off my student loans and then maybe take a trip to Europe."

Saunders
was in the "Money Chair" before being defeated by Kravis. A 19-year-old from
Queens, Saunders is a student at NYU who also entered "Winners' Row" on Sept.
9.

Through
its first nine telecasts heading into the Thursday finale, "The Million Second
Quiz" has averaged a 1.1 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.7 million viewer overall.
Wednesday's penultimate telecast matched the show's highest 18-49 rating among
the prior five telecasts (1.1). "Million Second Quiz" has also generated
half-hour to half-hour growth in adults 18-49 with of each of its last eight
telecasts.

More
than 2 million people played more than 27 million games from home by
downloading the "Million Second Quiz" game app, making it the first convergent
event in television history where viewers could play along in sync with the show.